Pendulum in Cloisonne Enamel and Gilt Bronze, L'Escalier de Cristal

Sober and elegant pendulum in cut crystal and chiseled and gilded bronze, most probably designed by l'Escalier de Cristal (workshops of the Veuve Désarnaud). The dial - partly white ...

Magnificent composition for this clock in marble and chiselled, gilded and patinated bronze depicting Venus disarming Cupid, who begs the goddess to return him bow and arrow. The whi...

Bronze and cloisonné enamel dish very finely decorated with an egret in flight above various flowers on a background of copper inclusions and gold powder. The wing decorated in parti...

Magnificent gilt bronze stamp representing Ophelia, character from Shakespeare's famous play "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark", more commonly referred to by the abbreviated ...

Bronze Guanyin represented seated, left hand held in vitarka mudra, wearing a loose robe with voluminous folds. Weight: 1.977 kg.

Porcelain statue of Guanyin. A few chips, notably to two fingers of the right hand, do not detract from the aesthetics of the whole. China, 19th century.

Rare Japanese clock in double patina bronze with suspended dial. The portico and dial, with calligraphic Kanji numerals complemented by hands featuring an undulating dragon, are deco...

Amusing bronze with double patina and porcelain clock in the shape of a covered jar. This clock, with a dial with Arabic numerals decorated in its center with a seated lute player, i...

Pair of Japanese-style roll-shaped vases, made in “cloisonné” enamel and gilded bronze. The cylindrical body is decorated with polychrom floral branches, flowers and butterflies on a...

Large planter decorated on the belly with a rotating decoration of polychrome flowers and geometric patterns in cloisonné enamel on a red background. It is inserted in an important p...

A French Japonisme Chinoiserie Ormolu, patinated bronze, and cloisonne enamel mantel clock, Attributed to Escalier De Cristal and Edouard...

A Famille Rose Painted Enamel inkwell set Qianlong Period (1736-1795) by l’Escalier de Cristal It consists of a fretworked tray with raised edges in blackened wood surrounded by a fine gilded bronze ring, on which rests two Famille Rose Qianlong Period (1736-1795) hexagonal inkwells with pierced tops, one with original glass container, decorated with polychrome stylised flower heads and foliate scrollwork. This inkwell is characteristic of the productions of the Maison de l'Escalier de Cristal, it shows a hybrid realization, using ancient Asian elements, used as a container for feathers and ink. Stamped «Escalier de Cristal Paris» Circa 1880 L’Escalier de Cristal, Parisian firm created about 1800 by Mme veuve Desarnaud, famous under the French « Restoration » for its decorative objects combining crystal and bronze. She was awarded a gold medal at the 1819 Paris Exposition des Produits de l’Industrie for an outstanding gilt-bronze mounted crystal dressing table. Located in Paris, at the Palais-Royal, Galerie de Valois, L’Escalier de Cristal was bought out around 1830 by Boin, and then by Lahoche in 1840. The company owed its rise to a position amongst the most im-portant Paris decorative wares shops to Lahoche, who expanded considerably the business and entered later in partnership with his son-in-law to set up in 1852 Lahoche et Pannier...